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[โ€“] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to guess that they can slow down fossil fuel plants, but not turn them off because they would take too long to start up again.

[โ€“] odium@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That does make sense, so it needs to consistently be above x percent for the cap to be raised to x percent.